Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Moving surface
Patent
1987-01-15
1988-10-04
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Moving surface
273 86R, 446446, A63B 6714, A63F 914
Patent
active
047751533
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a toy of skill.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A variety of toys of skill are known. One variety is the class of gyroscopic toys. A toy of this type is described, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,371,615, in which a hexagonally-shaped element is fixed to a vertical shaft having a pointed end at its bottom. The device comprises a game board divided into squares. The shaft is rotatable on the board. Names and numbers are entered into squares on the board, indicating the results attained by the players by the rotation.
A gyroscopic toy is described in Hungarian Pat. No. 171,914 in which the playing field is a movable board. A gyroscope is brought into rotation on the board, and is to be moved along a predetermined path. A rotating mechanism is built into the gyroscope to insure approximately equal periods of rotation.
Another group of toys of skill comprises the various hand-driven hoops that are trundled along on the ground and enabling the performance of various activities.
OBJECT OF THE INVENTION
The principal aim of the present invention is to develop a toy of skill that can be held in the hand and due to its small size can be taken out of the pocket at any time and anywhere, to improve the manual dexterity of the player. It should also be inexpensive and easy to manufacture.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, this aim is achieved by a toy of skill, having an annular frame that is provided at its outer surface with a handle and with a concave runway at its exposed inner surface the runway being arranged perpendicularly to the plane in which the radius of the frame rotates. A body rolling along said concave runway on at least tow wheels is fitted to said frame, the outer surface of said wheels being of convex shape fitting the concave surface of the runway, and a flexible attachment or tether is provided between the said body and said frame.
Suitably a slot is provided in the inner surface of the frame, preferably at its middle, and in the direction of the radius of the frame. The slot widens out within the frame to form a channel. The flexible attachment is suitably a filament led through the slot and fixed at one end to the body, preferably at its middle, and guided at its bottom, while the other end of the filament is fixed to a slide located in the channel.
The advantages of the toy of skill according to the invention are as follows: standing, sitting or walking, and
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING
The invention is further described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a front view of the toy,
FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the plane A--A of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is another cross sectional view taken along the plane B--B of FIG. 1 .
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
As it is apparent from FIG. 1, the toy has an annular frame 4 provided with a handle 5 fixed to the outer surface of frame 4. In its simplest form the frame 4 is made of two half rings produced e.g. by injection molding, and then glued together.
The inner surface of the annular frame 4 constitutes a runway 14. The runway 14 is concave in the direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation of the radius r of the frame 4 as it can clearly be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3. A slot 11 is provided in the exposed inner surface of the frame 4 forming the runway surface 14. The slot 11 is in the symmetry line of the runway 14 in the direction of the radius r. This slot 11 widens out to form channel 13 within the frame 4.
The slot 11 and the channel 13 that is connected to it run completely along the inner periphery of the annular frame 4 without interruption and continuously follow the runway 14. The width of the slot 11 is sufficient to permit a thin filament to be passed through it.
A body 2 running on two wheels 6 and 9 is placed onto the concave runway 14. The body 2 is a toy automobile illustrated the preferred embodiment, but it may have the shape of an airplane, a train or of any other body. The rolling surf
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patent: 3206890 (1965-09-01), Freyermuth
patent: 3209491 (1965-10-01), Roeper
patent: 3410223 (1968-11-01), Miller
Jackson Gary
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Pinkham Richard C.
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